Description: The purpose of this project is to prepare environmental impact statements (EISs) and supplemental environmental impact statements to incorporate greater sage-grouse conservation measures into Bureau of Land Management land use plans and Forest Plans.
Web Link: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/sagegrouse/western.html

Description: Ark Land Comapny has appled for a coal lease on non-leased Federal coal lands adjacent to their existing SUFCO underground Mining Operation. BLM assigned case # UTU 84102 to the LBA. BLM and FS are analying the effects of the proposed leasing.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=25561

Location: UNIT - Richfield Ranger District, Ferron Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Sevier. LEGAL - Section 34, 33, T14S, R1E and Section 4, T15 S, R1E, SLB&M. Approximately 10.5 miles east of the town of Emery Utah and approximately 5 miles north of the SUFCO Mine portal.

Location: UNIT - Ferron Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Carbon, Emery. The project area is about 15 miles northwest of Castle Dale, UT; situated on the east slope of the Wasatch Plateau, extending from Skyline Ridge southeastward to Joes Valley Reservoir.

PacifiCorp Trough Springs Ridge Comm Site Special Use Permit RenewalCE

Description: The US Geological Survey (USGS) has applied to amend their special use permit to inclued an addtional stream gauging location. USGS would relocate a stream gauging station off of private land 0.6 miles upstream onto National Forest System lands.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40656

Description: Denison Mines submitted a Plan of Operations Amendment for four underground uranium mines, known as the La Sal Mines Complex, to the BLM and Forest Service for approval. The BLM will act as lead agency with the Forest Service as a cooperating agency
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=34565

Description: The purpose of the proposal is to manage livestock grazing in a manner that meets or moves towards the desired conditions defined in the 1986 Manti-La Sal National Forest Land & Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan).

Location: UNIT - Moab Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - San Juan. The La Sal and Chicken Creek allotments encompass approximately 29,100 acres of National Forest System lands located just north of La Sal, UT and about 30 miles southeast of Moab, UT.

Location: UNIT - Monticello Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - San Juan. LEGAL - T33S, R20E & R21E and T34S, R20E & R21E, SLM. The project area is an area of about 17,000 acres, located about 14 miles from Blanding, Utah, and 14 miles from Monticello, Utah in the Abajo Mountains. Maverick Point and Chippean Rocks area.

Description: A road measuring approximately 190 feet long by 16 feet wide is proposed to be constructed from FS road 0129 to the Forest boundary for access to private property. A locked gate will be installed at the junction with FR 0129 to limited access.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=39920

Description: The Manti-La Sal National Forest, Moab/Monticello Ranger District, proposes to authorize Utah Energy Corporation to drill up to 76 exploration holes in their Marcy Look project area. The area is located on unpatented mining claims on Elk Ridge.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=32659

Description: Reclamation would be accomplished by removal of surface structures, closure of adits and shafts, removal of debris, recontouring, and revegetation. Heavy equipment required would be a backhoe, front end loader, bulldozer, and dump truck.

Location: UNIT - Sanpete Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Sanpete. LEGAL - Sec 1, 12, and 13, T16S, R4E of the Salt Lake principal meridian. Located approximately three miles east of Spring City, UT in Spring City Canyon.

Twelvemile Canyon Landslide MitigationEA

- Special use management

On Hold

N/A

N/A

Joseph DiBenedetto435-636-3515ndlewis@fs.fed.us

Description: Sanpete Water Conservancy District has applied for a special use permit to stabilize landslide areas and streambanks in an effort to reduce the concentration of suspended sediment in Twelvemile Creek for the benefit of local irrigation companies.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=38862

Location: UNIT - Sanpete Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Sanpete. LEGAL - Townships 19 and 20 South, Range 3 East, Salt Lake Meridian. The project area is located up Twelvemile Canyon, approximately 10 miles east of Mayfield, UT.

Location: UNIT - Sanpete Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Sanpete. LEGAL - Section 6, T20S, R4E of the Salt Lake principal meridian. Approximately twenty miles east of Mayfield, Utah at the head of Twelvemile Canyon.

Description: Reduce the probability of a high severity wildfire that is difficult to control; and reduce the negative consequences of a fire on the soil and vegetation resources in the area.
Need: The current vegetation communities are in a condition that a
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=40861

Location: UNIT - Sanpete Ranger District. STATE - Utah. COUNTY - Sanpete. The proposed Willow Project area is located 2 miles east of Ephraim, Utah.

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